Caleb Jarvis Taylor

Short Name: Caleb Jarvis Taylor
Full Name: Taylor, Caleb Jarvis, 1763-1817
Birth Year: 1763
Death Year: 1817

Caleb Jarvis Taylor was a Methodist minister, songwriter, author, and schoolteacher in Kentucky. Born Roman Catholic he converted before the age of 20. He organized early Methodist congregations in northeast Kentucky and supplied camp meeting songs during the Great Revival. He was born June 20, 1763, in St. Mary’s County, Maryland, and died June 6, 1816 in Maysville, Kentucky.

Chris Hoh, from "The Early Camp Meeting Song Writers," Methodist Quarterly Review, 1859, Vol. XLI, Fourth Series, XI, April, p 401-413; The History of Methodism in Kentucky by a. H. Redford, p 128-134; Mt. Gilead Methodist Meeting House," Hopewell Museum website (www.hopewellmuseum.org)


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Texts by Caleb Jarvis Taylor (29)sort ascendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Ye people who [that] wonder at me and my waysCaleb Taylor (Author)13
While sorrows encompass me roundCaleb Taylor (Author)English19
When the summons comes for meC. Taylor (Author)2
When the Hebrew children wereCaleb Jarvis Taylor (Author)2
When shall I be delivered from sorrow and from sinCaleb Taylor (Author)4
Precious soul while Jesus calls theeC. Taylor (Author)3
Onward I go with the King of gloryC. Taylor (Author)2
O why this disconsolate frameCaleb Jarvis Taylor (Author)7
O Jesus, my Savior, I know Thou art mineCaleb Taylor (Author)English44
O Jesus, my Friend, my adorable SaviorCaleb Taylor (Author)2
Lord, my ransomed soul adores theeCaleb Taylor (Author)5
Let sinners toil with ceaseless painCaleb Taylor (Author)3
I've got that old time religionC. Taylor (Author)3
I'm on my way to fair Beulah landC. Taylor (Author)2
I'm happy on the way to glorylandC. Taylor (Author)2
I love my blessed Savior, I feel I'm in his favorCaleb Taylor (Author)16
Heaven is a place of endless blissCaleb Taylor (Author)English3
Good morning, brother pilgrim, What, marching [traveling] to ZionCaleb Taylor (Author)15
Don't you see my Jesus comingCaleb Taylor (Author)38
Come and taste along with me, the weary pilgrims consolationCaleb Taylor (Author)15
Come, all you weary pilgrimsCaleb Jarvis Taylor (Author)2
Come all ye [you] Zion travelersCaleb Taylor (Author)7
Come, all ye mourning pilgrims, Who feel your need of ChristCaleb Taylor (Author)17
Come, all ye wandering pilgrims dearCaleb Taylor (Author)English6
Brethren most near and sisters dearCaleb Taylor (Author)English3
Almighty love inspire My heart with sacred fireCaleb Taylor (Author)46
Ah why will my dear little child be so crossCaleb Taylor (Author)2
Ah why thus shed the silent tearCaleb Taylor (Author)2
Ah why this long and lingering painCaleb Taylor (Author)3
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